Posted by Editor | Nov 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
On Tuesday, November 17, Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, will give his sixth annual student lecture from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Alfred Lerner Hall on the Columbia campus. The title of this year’s talk is “Choices for America’s Economic Future.”
The topics of Sachs’ lectures have varied over the years, but his [...]
Posted by Steve Cohen | Aug 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
Our inability to predict policy outcomes was once again confirmed this week by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program. The program provides between $3,500 and $4,500 to anyone who trades in an older auto for a shiny new car that has better fuel efficiency. One billion dollars was originally allocated for the program, which [...]
Posted by Kyu Lee | Apr 21, 2009 | 1 Comments
A slot machine turning up three lemons is how Jeffrey Sachs described the global economic crisis at Haverford College last week. “Three ‘uns’: It is unstable, unfair, and unsustainable,” he said. “It’s the life-and-death struggle of the poor, and the plight of the planet.”
“You are the answers,” he told the audience. “This crisis is an [...]
